I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 362

Shi Nuan took her own sweet time to get ready, so the two were already late when they set off to the office. However, the man did not criticize her because of the delay.

Although Shi Nuan told him she did not mind Shen Qianan working together with him, Fu Chengyan knew she had only said so because she wanted to be understanding.

Despite that, she couldn’t help but throw a little tantrum here and there at him to vent out her frustration. That was her special privilege as anyone else who did the same thing would have been driven out of his life by him a long time ago. In fact, he was more than willing to entertain her complaints and whining on this matter too.

It was because it showed how much she loved and cared about him.

Meanwhile, Shi Nuan grew frustrated when she realized that she was more bothered by Shen Qianan’s presence than she would like to admit. After all, Shen Qianan had once been Fu Chengyan’s fiancée, and the woman was well-loved by his family. For Shen Qianan’s sake, Fu Chengyan’s grandfather had actually gone as far as trying to destroy Shi Nuan’s marriage.

Although Shi Nuan’s personality was mild and not aggressive, that did not mean she was a pushover.

Now that her love rival was right at her doorstep, she would be deemed as a weakling if she did not fight back. She needed to toughen herself up and put an end to this once and for all so that no one would dare to pull off the same thing on her again.

With that thought in mind, she purposefully took a long time to get ready that morning. Yet, Fu Chengyan looked totally fine with that and showed no sign of losing his patience. Even though they were sure to be late because of her, Fu Chengyan did not criticize her.

Shi Nuan mumbled, “Yan, aren’t you angry with me?”

“What?” Fu Chengyan threw a sideways glance at her. “Why should I be?”

“I deliberately took a long time to get ready just now.” Instead of driving herself to the office like she usually did, she chose to go with Fu Chengyan that day.

Fu Chengyan broke into a grin in response. In fact, he should only be upset if she acted as nothing had happened. He was actually pleased to see her trying to cause delay to express her dissatisfaction. At least, he could be sure that both of them were working as hard as each other to upkeep their relationship.

When they arrived at the building of Shengyuan Group, Shi Nuan purposefully asked Fu Chengyan to park his car at the entrance. That way, she would be seen getting out of his car in front of all the other employees. The entrance leading to the building was crowded with people at this hour, and most of them noticed it when Shi Nuan got out of Fu Chengyan’s car. Immediately, a babble of voices broke out among them.

Shi Nuan put on a smirk, looking unfazed by the voices around her. She waved at Fu Chengyan, who was still sitting in the car before making her way into the building.

“Wait a minute!” Fu Chengyan shouted to get her attention, making her pause in her tracks to listen to him. Then, he opened the door and exited his car with a box of pastries in his hand. “You forgot this!”

Shi Nuan frowned. “I prepared them for you!”

She had developed a passion for pastry baking recently. Every now and then, she would make some and keep it as a snack for Fu Chengyan.

After glancing at Fu Chengyan and the people around her, it suddenly dawned upon her what he was trying to do. She immediately took the box of pastries over. “Oh… Okay!”

He caressed her hair and urged, “Go ahead. You’re running late!”

“Oh, you’re right!” She came to her senses and replied, “I’ve got to go. You… You’d better hurry up too.”

Then, she strode off and made her way toward one of the elevators inside the building at a swift pace. Everyone else walking behind her was left stupefied. The sight of their boss giving Shi Nuan a ride to work came as a huge shock for them.

On top of that, he had prepared snacks for her too. Everyone couldn’t help but start to speculate their relationship.

Meanwhile, the hue and cry about Shen Qianan’s sudden recruitment as the president’s secretary was still ongoing. Things had been dramatic enough because Shen Qianan had been brought to the company by the chairman himself. Now, the president just made the matter even more theatrical by sending Shi Nuan to the office that morning. It was suddenly obvious that a war between the two women was about to break out.

Something was special about it as it involved two women who looked strikingly similar to each other.

Throughout Shi Nuan’s entire journey to her office, she received stares from her fellow colleagues. Even though none of them were nosy, their curiosity was piqued because their president was involved in the drama this time.

They couldn’t help but wonder what sort of relationship Shi Nuan and Shen Qianan had. They all pondered how the two women were related to Fu Chengyan, respectively.

Surprisingly, Shi Nuan looked fairly unruffled though she knew everyone was talking about her. Still, she couldn’t help but be baffled because their reaction was different from how she had expected.

Yuan Jia greeted her as soon as she reached the project management department. “Shi Nuan, you’re finally here!”

“What’s the matter?” At the sight of the secretive look on Yuan Jia’s face, Shi Nuan eyed her suspiciously. “Why are you staring at me that way?”

“I bet you have no idea that our company just got a gorgeous new recruit!”

“I know about it.” Shi Nuan chuckled. She was not at all surprised because she had learned it from Fu Chengyan the previous night. “What’s so special about that?”

Yuan Jia hesitated before she ventured, “Uhm… Please promise me you won’t be mad at me after I tell you this.”

“How can I possibly be mad at you? Just shoot.” Shi Nuan was perplexed as she stared at the worried expression on Yuan Jia’s face. “Does she have some superpowers or something?”

“Uhm, do you have any idea that she…” This time, it was Yuan Jia who was left at a loss. “Look, she has no superpowers, but there’s something special about her face. She… She looks exactly like you.”

So, Shen Qianan looks… like me?

Shen Qianan. Shen Qianan!

Why didn’t he tell me that Shen Qianan and I look the same last night?

When we first met each other, he was very nice and helpful to me without expecting anything in return. Was he only like that because I had the same face as Shen Qianan?

Shi Nuan was careful not to further that horrible thought, dreading that she might experience a mental breakdown any minute. A voice in her mind urged her to run out of the building and leave everything behind. Perhaps, everything will remain intact if I avoid meeting Shen Qianan…